1. Lincoln: The Man vs. The Image

2. “A House Divided”
1858 = Democrat Stephen Douglas vs. Republican Lincoln for Illinois Senate
“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free.”

3. Family Background
Born in 1809
Poor, illiterate family
Self-educated

4. Becoming a Republican Whig Party’s “American System”
Served in Illinois legislature as a Whig

5. Lincoln’s Stance on Slavery
Not an abolitionist
Moderate Free-Soiler
Federal government limited by Constitution
Vowed to protect existing slavery yet prevent it from spreading west

6. Election of 1860 Divisions between Southern & Northern Democrats
Lincoln’s platform
1st regional party in the White House
November 1860 = won a 4-way election with less than 40% of the popular vote

7. Immediate Aftermath March 4, 1861 4 million slaves in the South
11 states in the C.S.A.
Limited presidential power

9. “The Coming Man’s Presidential Career `a la Blondin,” Harper’s Weekly, August 25, 1860

10. “President-Elect Lincoln en Route to Washington through Baltimore,” 1863 by Southern sympathizer Adalbert Volck

11. “The President’s Inaugural,” New York Illustrated News, March 23, 1861 by Thomas Nast

12. “Bogy for a Bad Boy,” Harper’s Weekly, November 1, 1862

13. “From Our Special War Correspondent,” Harper’s Weekly, 4-15-1865